The conceptual framework of pride in the literature of early medieval England

中世纪早期英国文学中自豪感的概念框架

• 批准号: 2614889
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2614889
• 关键词: conceptual; framework; pride; literature; early

The concept of pride figures prominently in ecclesiastical and secular writings of the early English. Despite this abundance of representations, critics have yet to achieve a complete, coherent understanding of what pride means for early English writers (especially as regards vernacular poetry). The limitation of the current critical understanding of the concept may be attributed to several causes: some studies base their theological arguments upon selective uses of homilies, while others examine analogues that are anachronistic. Another notable limitation is the general reliance of commentary on Old English materials, leaving the considerable Anglo-Latin corpus and the broader bilingual environment overlooked.The project addresses this gap in literature by asking two central questions: what is the range of conceptualizations of pride in early English writing? How does a systematic understanding of this range allow a more nuanced interpretation of early English poetry? To answer these questions, I first compile a list of representations of pride in early English prose. Then, I will analyze the range of conceptualizations of pride, paying attention to both the linguistic context surrounding the attested instances and the broader cultural (theological) understanding shared by the educated class of the early English. This combined linguistic-cultural analysis will then guide my close reading of representations of pride in selected Old English and Anglo-Latin verse.This research framework centralizes and clarifies the early English conceptualizations of pride in both prose and poetry, and thus illuminates systematically the different accounts of pride which appear idiosyncratic and scattered across extant Anglo-Saxon linguistic (e.g. Schabram; Low), literary (e.g. Caie; Doane; Orchard) and theological (e.g. McDaniel) scholarship. It also establishes the intricate connections between the Old English and Anglo-Latin corpora in relation to the theme of pride, which in turn serves as an important building block in reconstructing the professional minority ecclesiastical culture, as well as its transmission and ramification in a bilingual medium, in early England (see, e.g. Lapidge).The project also improves our understanding on the significance of multilingualism on cultural development. One emerging finding of the project is that in a multilingual environment, the intellectual regime transmitted hardly follows through the traditions preserved in only one of the languages concerned. Thus, in understanding the literary constructs and cultural environment of contemporary (and medieval) multilingual societies, it is essential to consider not only the different languages in use, but more importantly the different and subtle ways in which the traditions are integrated.

在早期英语的教会和世俗著作中，骄傲的概念占有显著地位。尽管有如此丰富的表现，评论家们还没有对早期英国作家（尤其是白话诗）的骄傲意味着什么有一个完整的、连贯的理解。目前对这个概念的批判性理解的局限性可能归因于几个原因：一些研究将他们的神学论点建立在有选择地使用讲道上，而另一些研究则检查了不合时宜的类似物。另一个值得注意的限制是普遍依赖对古英语材料的评论，而忽略了相当多的盎格鲁-拉丁语料库和更广泛的双语环境。该项目通过提出两个核心问题来解决文学上的这一差距：早期英语写作中自豪感的概念范围是什么？对这一范围的系统理解如何能让我们对早期英语诗歌有更细致入微的解读？为了回答这些问题，我首先整理了一份早期英语散文中骄傲的表现形式的清单。然后，我将分析骄傲概念的范围，同时关注所证实实例的语言语境和早期英语受教育阶层所共有的更广泛的文化（神学）理解。这种综合的语言文化分析将指导我仔细阅读精选的古英语和盎格鲁-拉丁诗歌中骄傲的表现。这个研究框架集中并澄清了早期英语散文和诗歌中骄傲的概念，从而系统地阐明了在现存的盎格鲁-撒克逊语言（如Schabram； Low），文学（如cae； Doane; Orchard）和神学（如McDaniel）奖学金中出现的独特和分散的不同的骄傲描述。它还建立了古英语和盎格鲁-拉丁语料库之间关于骄傲主题的复杂联系，这反过来又成为重建早期英国专业少数民族教会文化及其在双语媒体中的传播和分支的重要组成部分（参见，例如Lapidge）。该项目也提高了我们对多语言对文化发展的重要性的理解。该项目的一个新发现是，在多语言环境中，知识政权的传播很难遵循仅以一种有关语言保存的传统。因此，在理解当代（和中世纪）多语言社会的文学结构和文化环境时，不仅要考虑使用的不同语言，更重要的是要考虑传统融合的不同和微妙的方式。